EventAction
House adopts the government motion setting an expedited timetable for Bill C-5, 305–30, with Conservative support
On 16 June 2025, the House of Commons adopted Government Business No. 1, the government motion setting out how Bill C-5, An Act to enact the Free Trade and Labour Mobility in Canada Act and the Building Canada Act, would be handled: time-limited debate at second reading, committee study on 17 and 18 June, and report stage and third reading on 20 June. The motion passed 305 to 30 (vote no. 12). Liberal and Conservative MPs voted yes and Bloc Québécois, NDP and Green MPs voted no; no Conservative voted against. Earlier that day the House had adopted a closure motion on the debate, 307 to 29. The Canadian Press, in a story carried by Global News, reported that the Liberals "passed a closure motion with the support of the Conservatives to speed through study and debate of Bill C-5 by week's end."
- Date
- Kind
- Legislation
- Where
- Canada
- Evidence
- Action: Something was done: a law switched on, a tariff imposed, money committed. How evidence is weighed
- Who
- Conservative Party of Canada (subject); House of Commons of Canada (acted)
Sources
- openparliament.ca, “House of Commons vote 45-1 #12: Government Business No. 1 (time allocation for C-5), 2025-06-16” (external site), . source record
- Global News, “Liberal fast-track of major projects bill 'new low,' opposition MPs say” (external site), . source record
Laws and agreements
Claims that rest on this event
- C-5, the 2025 federal fast-track law, is durable, and this rests on recorded votes: no Conservative voted against the programming motion setting a fast timetable for it in the House (305-30), its second reading (304-29) or either part of its third reading (335-1 and 306-31), and during the 2025 campaign the Conservatives promised the same kind of system, faster ("One and Done").
Conservatives voted for the government's programming motion setting a fast timetable for C-5 in the House (305-30); no Conservative voted against.
How it bears on the outcome
| Explanation | Fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| O0 No meaningful speed-up | Against weak | A fast-track law enacted within weeks with broad support (the expedited timetable for Bill C-5 adopted 305-30) would be somewhat surprising if no speed-up were coming; a law enables building, it does not build. |
| O1 Faster, but the extra output goes mostly elsewhere | Fits weak | Consistent with a faster build-out; the law says nothing about where output goes, so it fits this reading and the next equally. |
| O2 Faster, and more volume reaches the US (this level or higher) | Fits weak | Consistent with a faster build-out; the law is silent on destination, so it fits this reading and the previous one equally. |
| O3 Locked-in preferential terms for the US | Neutral weak | A domestic approvals law contains no US preferential terms. |